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"The chances are, the cord blood won't be useful for your grand child's parents, or you. The great thing about umbilical cord blood is that it can be matched just like blood. I would bank it for your grandchild."

We have stored and are paying for umbilical cord blood and tissue from 2 babies from 2 different families and are expecting a third at the end of the year. Stemcyte understood that we were storing for our son, a C6-7 Asia A. Do I understand that this will not work as an option for my son when we get to the point of compassionate use, if it were to match?

I understand from Stemcyte when the second unit was stored, that this blood and tissue could not be made available to others if it were not to be a match for my son? My hope was that in the same manner as organ transplants..., that multiple families with sometimes different organs, might align for umbilical cord blood swaps to make available matched stem cells for those in need. Is this being considered?
Thank you, Jim!

You should contact StemCyte to find out. If you have cord blood banked with them, I don't see why there would be an issue with swapping for a matching unit.

Originally Posted by spayne

Are there any plans to do Vlogs of the individuals as they are walking during the upcoming study?
It is obvious that someone overlooked that very critical piece in the prior work done in China hopefully the mistake won't be repeated again.

Overlooked what? You can't report on the progress of a subject taking part in a clinical trial. It is up to the investigators to conduct exams and gather data during the trial. I made the mistake of talking about the subjects during the China trial. I will not make that mistake again.

Originally Posted by lunasicc42

It's not like I am asking for that type of info now... I am just asking: "when do we get it?"

Luna, I don't know if or when the videos of the walkers will be shown. Wise shows them at Open Houses and when he gives talks. We haven't publicized this trial at all. Our focus is on getting it started and doing it right.

You should contact StemCyte to find out. If you have cord blood banked with them, I don't see why there would be an issue with swapping for a matching unit.

Overlooked what? You can't report on the progress of a subject taking part in a clinical trial. It is up to the investigators to conduct exams and gather data during the trial. I made the mistake of talking about the subjects during the China trial. I will not make that mistake again.

Luna, I don't know if or when the videos of the walkers will be shown. Wise shows them at Open Houses and when he gives talks. We haven't publicized this trial at all. Our focus is on getting it started and doing it right.

OK I see. I just Totally think that if certain aspects of the successes and potentials of this trial were better known publicly, it would bring more awareness; and therefore more funds, instead of awareness throughout only "our" community

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Luna, I don't know if or when the videos of the walkers will be shown. Wise shows them at Open Houses and when he gives talks. We haven't publicized this trial at all. Our focus is on getting it started and doing it right.

vlog

Originally Posted by Jim

The videos have been shown publically, but not put on the web.

Yes, I can fully understand that publishing video during a scientific study could be significantly misleading and potentially introduce an additional variable that would be difficult to account for the impact to all the existing participants if they had awareness.

So let me clarify my original question. Will video data be collected throughout the study to be published after the trial?

let me say I'm not trying to impugn the truthfulness, accuracy, character or integrity of anyone associated with the prior work or work going forward.

I, of course can't Totally agree due to my "connection" to this spinal cord injury trial but I understand and am led to believe something like: certain results can't be made public before official publication because it can damage the validity of the trial and in the future; the chance to get the procedure covered by insurance... I may be mistaken but that is what I always thought

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